ArticleAddictive behaviors reports2019
Television gambling advertisements: Extent and content of gambling advertisements with a focus on potential high-risk commercial messages.
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- Exploring the placement of gambling problems within the Hierarchical Taxonomy of Psychopathology.PloS one · 2025Article
- Motivational telephone intervention to risk gamblers by a state-owned gambling operator in Sweden.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Article
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- Relationships Between Exposure to Different Gambling Advertising Types, Advertising Impact and Problem Gambling.Journal of gambling studies · 2022Article
- A Normative Feedback Intervention on Gambling Behavior-A Longitudinal Study of Post-Intervention Gambling Practices in At-Risk Gamblers.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
- Problem Gambling and Problem Gaming in Elite Athletes: a Literature Review.International journal of mental health and addiction · 2021Article
- Emergent gambling advertising; a rapid review of marketing content, delivery and structural features.BMC public health · 2021Review
- Changes of Gambling Patterns during COVID-19 in Sweden, and Potential for Preventive Policy Changes. A Second Look Nine Months into the Pandemic.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- No Apparent Increase in Treatment Uptake for Gambling Disorder during Ten Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic-Analysis of a Regional Specialized Treatment Unit in Sweden.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Responsible Gambling Telephone Intervention to High-Risk Gamblers by a State-Owned Gambling Operator in Sweden: Study Protocol for a Study on Effectiveness, User Satisfaction, and Acceptability.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundIn problem gambling, recent years have seen an expansion of online gambling in treatment-seeking patients. Television advertising may promote risky gambling, and this study aimed to assess gambling-related advertisements, with respect to potentially risky messages, in a country with high rates of online gambling among treatment seekers, for online casino particularly in treatment-seeking women.
methodsA total of 144 h in six commercial television channels were studied with respect to frequency, extent and content of gambling-related advertisements, which were analyzed with respect to potentially risky messages and specific target groups, and compared with respect to legal status of gambling companies and for online casino gambling vs other gambling types. Aspects to analyze were elected theoretically and based on acceptable inter-rater agreement between the authors.
resultsNineteen percent (11-28% across different channels) of advertisements promoted gambling, with online casino being by far the most common type of gambling exposed. Messages promoting ease to gamble (including bonuses and rapid cash-out messages) and a female focus were significantly more common in online casino gambling and in non-licensed companies, whereas sports-related messages were more common in licensed companies. Gambling-related advertisements were also common in relation to family movies, and appeared even during children's programs.
conclusionsOnline casino was by far the most common type of televised gambling advertisements. Several risky messages were identified, and female gender, as well as messages promoting the rapidity and facility of gambling, were more commonly addressed by online casino companies. Public health aspects are discussed.
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